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The Formation Process of SME Networks A comparative case analysis of social processes in Austria, Belgium and Turkey /

Cooperation concepts can be considered as an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to overcome arising problems due to their size. Although the advantages of cooperations, such as cost sharing, access to new markets and increased flexibility, are well-known and discussed in liter...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Haas, Marita (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Wiesbaden : Deutscher Universitätsverlag : Imprint: Deutscher Universitätsverlag, 2007.
Edición:1st ed. 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
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Sumario:Cooperation concepts can be considered as an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to overcome arising problems due to their size. Although the advantages of cooperations, such as cost sharing, access to new markets and increased flexibility, are well-known and discussed in literature, the realization of the concept remains challenging. Marita Haas claims that social processes are decisive for the success of SME networks and creates a phase concept based on group theory that describes how owners of small enterprises enter into a cooperation. The framework is applied to three network formation cases in Austria, Belgium and Turkey. The author shows that group theory is a useful tool to understand and anticipate processes in networked organizations and indicates that the group formation process must be accomplished before a network will be able to create benefits.
Descripción Física:XV, 255 p. online resource.
ISBN:9783835054318